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Issue Details

Issue #71
Published January 1989
Cover Price 1.00 USD
Pages 36
Editing Bob Harras (editor); Tom DeFalco (editor-in-chief)

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Characters S'ym; Cannonball; Sunspot; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]; Magik [Illyana Rasputin]; Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Warlock, Gosamyr
Genre superhero
Pencils Bret Blevins
Inks Bret Blevins
Letters Typeset
Reprinted In X-Men: Inferno (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn]

22 page New Mutants story "Limbo"

Characters New Mutants--Magneto; Cannonball; Magik [Illyana Rasputin] (origin); Mirage [Dani Moonstar]; Sunspot; Warlock; Wolfsbane [Rahne Sinclair]; GUESTS: Gosamyr; Sebastian Shaw; White Queen [Emma Frost]; Selene; VILLAINS: S'ym; N'astirh; Crotus; Limbo Demons
Synopsis Illyana teleports the New Mutants to Limbo but finds that she cannot open another stepping disc to earth; The team battles Sy'm and his Limbo Demons who have been infected with the transmode virus; They learn about Magik's earlier life in Limbo and Illyana discovers that it was the demon N'astirh who saved her from S'ym when she was a young child being trained by Belasco; N'astirh urges Magik to battle S'ym; Magik defeats S'ym, transforms into a fiery red Darkchilde and brings the New Mutants to Times Square--along with hordes of demons as they have been betrayed by N'astirh who keeps the stepping disc opens so his forces can invade New York!
Genre superhero
Script Louise Simonson
Pencils Bret Blevins
Inks Al Williamson
Colors Glynis Oliver
Letters Joe Rosen
Notes "Inferno" part 1 of 3. Flashbacks to Uncanny X-Men #160 and Magik #1-4.
Reprinted In X-Men: Inferno (Marvel, 1996 series) #[nn]